Anantjeet Singh Naruka

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anantjeet Singh Naruka

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka’s family belongs to the royal family of Uniara in the Tonk district of Rajasthan.

• Since childhood, his father, Dalpat Singh Naruka, has been his personal coach. During his childhood days, Anant used to accompany his father to the Jagatpura shooting range and learn shooting techniques from him.

• In his practice days, Anant and his father would travel 130 km every day to Jaipur’s Oases shooting range for his training.

• Belonging to the royal family, Anant was always surrounded by arms and ammunition. His grandfather was also a shooter.

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka started his shooting career in 2012 and he started participating in local competitions in 2013.

• In 2014, Anant participated in the Asian Shotgun Championship which was held in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

• In 2015, he took part in the 59th National Shooting Championship (Shotgun) held in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Anant defeated two national champions named Man Singh and Mairaj Ahmed Khan.

• In the same year, Anantjeet scored 110 and 12 in the Junior men’s skeet category at the 7th International Junior Shotgun Cup which was held in Orimattila, Finland. In a team event, Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Angadvir Bajwa, and Arjun Mann together represented India in the championship and scored 110, 119, and 102 respectively.

• In 2015, Anantjeet Singh also took part in the 2nd ISSF Junior Cup tournament which was held in Suhl, Germany.

• In 2018, Anantjeet Singh Naruka took part in the ISSF Junior World Cup which was held in Sydney, Australia. He played in the skeet team event along with players Ayush Rudraraju and Gurnihal Singh Garcha and the three of them scored 348 points as a team. They secured the third position in the event and won the bronze medal.

  

• In 2021, he participated in the 64th National Shooting Championship Competition which was held in Patiala, Punjab. He scored the highest qualification score in the nationals.

  

• In 2022, Anantjeet Singh took part in the 66th National Shooting Championship Competition which was held in New Delhi. He had an overall score of 123 out of 125.

• In 2023, Anantjeet Singh Naruka participated in the 2023 ISSF World Cup in which he finished at the 23rd position in the individual events at ISSF World Cup Cairo and ISSF World Cup Almaty.

  

• He stood at the 6th position in the mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup, Cairo in 2023.

• In the same year, Ananjeet Singh took part in the 2022 Asian Games which were held in Hangzhou, China. Anantjeet scored 58/60. In the team event, Anant, along with Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Gurjoat Khangura had a combined score of 355 and won the bronze medal in the championship, whereas, China won the gold and Qatar won the silver medal.

  

• In 2023, Anant was ranked 39th in the Skeet men’s world ranking.

• In the same year, he took part in the 15th Asian Shooting Championship which was held in Changwon, South Korea. Anantjeet missed the Olympic quota place by one position in this championship.

  

• He won India’s first silver medal in the men’s skeet at the 2022 Asian Games.

• In 2024, Anant finished second on the podium in the men’s skeet final at the Asia Olympic Qualification for Shotgun and he finished with a total score of 56.

• In the same year, the Indian sports shooter Raiza Dhillon and Anantjeet Singh Naruka obtained the Paris 2024 Olympic quotas for India with silver medals in the men’s and women’s skeet events.

  

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka was India’s sole men’s skeet shooter for the Paris Olympics 2024.

• Anantjeet Singh Naruka loves animals and often shares photos of his pet dog on social media.